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Originally Posted by SuperiorSteve
Has anyone actually tried hacking these passport chips? You can make yourself a diplomat and no-one can search your luggage!
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Yes. NO2ID techies and co-conspirators had a go. I think it took about a day to do it and they arranged some demonstrations. The idiots at the department had a password on the chip that could be figured out by combining the person's date of birth with so many figures on the passport number and a couple of other things. They managed to read someone's passport chip from about 30 feet away using a wireless repeater link.